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Phyllopharyngea: Suctoria: Exogenida: Urnulidae

Metacineta sp.

Metacineta Genus: Many thin captate tentacles protrude through 5-8 stellately arranged distal slits of lorica (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:


Metacineta sp., cell body 36 μm long, 40 μm wide, tentacles extend through 5 slits of lorica, x 400, x 640, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima Pref., Japan, October 1998, by Y. Tsukii
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